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11/17/11 –*Last Thursday, November 10, the Mexican Chamber of Deputies’ Justice Commission (Comisión de la Cámara de Diputados) unanimously approved a proposal to criminalize the incitement (apología) of crime through music, banners, video, live shows, or the media, reports El Universal. Such incitement would become illegal only in cases where a person or entity publically … Read more

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Always nice to realize a government is protecting people from what they hear.
"Newspeak" lives in Mexico. Can't get rid of the criminals, but they can sure as hell get rid of the songs about criminals.
Keep up the good work, Jose Stalin.

Oh boy, such a slippery slope.

Interesting that the Mexicon Constitution is more specific than America's... but still could never be specific enough when it comes to speech. Where will they draw the line?

Here's the quote from the article regarding the Constitution:

"The legislator sees the communications covered under this legislation as falling outside of Mexican constitutional protections, given that Article 7 limits freedom of the press protections to those communications which do not disturb the public peace (la paz pública). Likewise, the infringement of free speech rights appears not to worry Mexican lawmakers, given that Article 6 of the Mexican Constitution only protects freedom of expression in as far as it does not induce crime or cause a breach of the peace (el órden public)."

Originally Posted by BluChunx

...slippery slope...

Not like anybody in government would hijack it for personal gain/advantage or abuse it...

much.

Originally Posted by BluChunx

Where will they draw the line?

Here's the quote from the article regarding the Constitution:

"The legislator sees the communications covered under this legislation as falling outside of Mexican constitutional protections, given that Article 7 limits freedom of the press protections to those communications which do not disturb the public peace (la paz pública). Likewise, the infringement of free speech rights appears not to worry Mexican lawmakers, given that Article 6 of the Mexican Constitution only protects freedom of expression in as far as it does not induce crime or cause a breach of the peace (el órden public)."

Pure and total, self serving nonsense. I don't know why they even bother to talk about it. Mexico changes their Constitution as often as I change my underwear. Maybe more often...since I don't wear them.

Anyway...last count on ammendments was over 500.....and that was a while back.